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What odd rules do you carry over from one language into another language where they don't make sense?

953 upvotes • r/linguisticshumor

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How does the body know when to purge food through vomiting and/or diarrhea?

566 upvotes • r/askscience

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eu_nvr

22 upvotes • r/eu_nvr

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[HR] [RF] Quarantine

21 upvotes • r/shortstories

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[WP] The ranks of Hell have not seen such massive growth in many millennia of history. All thanks to one enterprising demon, who decided to possess the person in charge of writing a popular piece of software's Terms and Conditions and insert a curious little clause in there.

15 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] You just found out your tattoo holds the key to an important and well-kept secret. However, it's only half of a matching tattoo. The other half is on your ex-wife, who hates your guts after the divorce.

10 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[SP] The Masquerade

5 upvotes • r/shortstories

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Am I correct in thinking that writing in antiquity (pre-Middle Ages) was meant mostly as a mnemonic for text you already knew, rather than to convey entirely new information? Is that why it's often so hard to decipher?

5 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What odd rules do you carry over from one language into another language where they don't make sense?	953	linguisticshumor
How does the body know when to purge food through vomiting and/or diarrhea?	566	askscience
eu_nvr	22	eu_nvr
[HR] [RF] Quarantine	21	shortstories
[WP] The ranks of Hell have not seen such massive growth in many millennia of history. All thanks to one enterprising demon, who decided to possess the person in charge of writing a popular piece of software's Terms and Conditions and insert a curious little clause in there.	15	WritingPrompts
[WP] You just found out your tattoo holds the key to an important and well-kept secret. However, it's only half of a matching tattoo. The other half is on your ex-wife, who hates your guts after the divorce.	10	WritingPrompts
[SP] The Masquerade	5	shortstories
Am I correct in thinking that writing in antiquity (pre-Middle Ages) was meant mostly as a mnemonic for text you already knew, rather than to convey entirely new information? Is that why it's often so hard to decipher?	5	AskHistorians